Vivant Denon: a soldier/painter in the land of the Pharaohs Vivant Denon followed Bonapart on the Egyptian campaign and brought back some exceptional documents which sparked off a craze on all things Egyptian, known as ‘egyptomanie’. It was during this campaign that the Rosetta Stone was found by the French – it was not however until 1822 that Champollion was able to decipher it.Historia, n° 610, octobre 1997, Richard Lebeau, p.24-27
Historia, n° 610
Author(s) : FRÈREJEAN Alain
- Year of publication :
- 1997
- Number of pages :
- p.72-77